Recording Reviews – Page 58
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ReviewL’Archicembalo: Vivaldi
There’s inventive and compelling playing in this bumper issue of Vivaldi
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ReviewJasper Quartet: Kernis, Debussy
An aptly flowing string quartet from a contemporary American composer
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ReviewUlf Wallin: Brahms: The Five Sonatas for Violin and Piano vol.1
Proving that you can still count all Brahms’s violin sonatas on one hand
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ReviewPrimrose Piano Quartet: Brahms
Not an ounce of spare fat on Brahms in transformative period performances
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ReviewHarmonie Universelle: Biber
The joyful and spiritual realm of Biber, both religious and secular
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ReviewEybler Quartet: Beethoven
Perfectly capturing the astringency of Beethoven’s first-period quartets
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ReviewTrio con Brio Copenhagen: Beethoven
The Strad Issue: September 2019 Description: Beethoven the Romantic strains at the leash in these spacious performances Musicians: Trio con Brio Copenhagen Works: BEETHOVEN Piano Trios: in C minor op.1 no.3, in B flat major op.97 ‘Archduke’ Catalogue Number: Orchid Classics ORC 100101 Recorded as if ...
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ReviewTrio Zimmermann: Goldberg Variations
Three Stradivaris and a new arrangement of this dazzling music
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ReviewRosanne Philippens: Biber, Bach, Enescu, Ysaÿe
A bold, daring, semi-improvised programme that is intensely powerful
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ReviewAugustin Hadelich: Brahms, Ligeti
Two hugely contrasting concertos hold no terrors for a superb player
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ReviewJanet Sung: Sung Sessions: Edge of Youth
The programming is the standout feature of this debut album
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ReviewMarietta Kratz et al: Loewe
A song composer successfully turns his hand to string chamber music
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ReviewQuatuor Zaïde: The Magic Flute arranged for quartet
Fluteless but still magic: Mozart’s opera in string quartet arrangement
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ReviewBruno Philippe: Rachmaninoff, Myaskovsky
Beauty of sound is paramount in two contemporaneous Russian works
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ReviewDaniel Röhn: The Golden Violin
Sadly more gilt than gold in a nevertheless attractive programme of oldies
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ReviewO/Modernt: From the Ground Up/The Chaconne
Readings, rap and remixes – but it’s all about that ground bass
